The Japan Times80%
A new age of missiles reshapes battlefields around the world 73%
By No Author62%
8/1/2026, 12:26:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 81.3% saturation with 122 hits. Analysis detected 572 faulty-reasoning hits from 150 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 59.2% and a BS Rank of 73% (7,155 of 26,227 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 72.70% of the article peer group.
The world is on the cusp of a third missile age, with conventional ballistic weapons proliferating at unprecedented speed in the wake of widespread, battlefield-warping deployment in Iran and Ukraine.
Those two wars have seen the use of thousands of air- and surface-launched ballistic missiles.
Iran alone has fired about 2,000 since that conflict began on the last day of February, causing massive damage throughout the region and eroding stockpiles of hard-to-replace interceptors.
Domestically produced Iranian ballistic missiles have altered the trajectory of the conflict, keeping Iran in the fight despite U.S.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying in mid-March that Tehran’s military had been destroyed.
Five months later, Iranian missiles continue to hit targets around the Gulf, including an attack on July 17 that killed U.S. troops, and then a wave of strikes overnight targeting American forces in the region.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorNo Author
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Anchoring Bias
20%Anchoring Bias
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20%AuthorNo Author
1.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Availability Heuristic
38.7%Availability Heuristic
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38.7%AuthorNo Author
3.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorNo Author
1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Hindsight Bias
32%Hindsight Bias
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32%AuthorNo Author
0.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorNo Author
1.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Framing Effect
6.7%Framing Effect
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6.7%AuthorNo Author
10.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorNo Author
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorNo Author
0.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorNo Author
0.1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Optimism Bias
6.7%Optimism Bias
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6.7%AuthorNo Author
4.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Pessimism Bias
8.7%Pessimism Bias
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8.7%AuthorNo Author
2.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Negativity Bias
42%Negativity Bias
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42%AuthorNo Author
9.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorNo Author
0.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Fundamental Attribution Error
12.7%Fundamental Attribution Error
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12.7%AuthorNo Author
0.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorNo Author
0.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
23.3%Recency Bias
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23.3%AuthorNo Author
1.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorNo Author
0.1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
8.7%Appeal to Authority
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8.7%AuthorNo Author
4.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorNo Author
1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorNo Author
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorNo Author
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Hasty Generalization
20%Hasty Generalization
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20%AuthorNo Author
2.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorNo Author
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorNo Author
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
36%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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36%AuthorNo Author
3.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
18.7%Anecdotal
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18.7%AuthorNo Author
0.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
8.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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8.7%AuthorNo Author
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
8.7%Unattributed Quote
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8.7%AuthorNo Author
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Quote-first Misdirection
8.7%Quote-first Misdirection
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8.7%AuthorNo Author
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Biased Writer Voice
81.3%Biased Writer Voice
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81.3%AuthorNo Author
6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorNo Author
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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150 words analyzed.
Analysis
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